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RHABDODON
(rab-doe-don)
meaning: "Fluted tooth"
Rhabdodon
Named By: Matheron in 1869
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Czech Republic, France, Romania and Spain
Size: Up to 4 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Multiple individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Iguanodontia | Rhabdodontidae |
Also known as: | Oligosaurus adelus | Ornithomerus gracilis |
About

Rhabdodon (meaning "fluted tooth") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 70-66 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It is similar in build to a very robust "hypsilophodont" (non-iguanodont ornithopod), though all modern phylogenetic analyses find this ("Hypsilophodontia/tidae") to be an unnatural grouping, and Rhabdodon to be a basal member of Iguanodontia.

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